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Morbidly A Beast:
There’s websites online that will do the calculations on how many calories you need to consume to maintain your weight depending on your size and activity level, so long as you exceed this threshold of calories you will gain weight. People say you need 2000 calories per day but that isn’t the math given somones relative size and activity level.

Your body will always burn x amount of calories and you need to exceed that to gain it’s really that simple, that X factor is your metabolism. There’s no trick, unless you have like metabolic or hormonal issues.

And yes it will change as your body changes but you’ll need more calories to maintain your weight at higher weights.

Should you wait? It’s up to you it can be expensive, but worth being a big fatty imo haha

Ultimateaaron12:
I’ve been having a hard time trying to gain weight I’ve always been really skinny but have never tried to actively gain until now will my metabolism slow down as I push through and keep eating or should I wait until it slows naturally?

Ultimateaaron12:
I’ve been having a hard time trying to gain weight I’ve always been really skinny but have never tried to actively gain until now will my metabolism slow down as I push through and keep eating or should I wait until it slows naturally?

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

SumoSized:
It's called a TDEE calculator and they're invaluable to gaining weight when you have a fast metabolism. I used to think it was impossible because I was just thinking I needed to eat over 2,000 calories a day for the longest time. When in reality I needed to eat another 1,000 calories on top of that to gain weight. It's definitely possible to gain with a fast metabolism if just might take a bit longer and take quite a bit more food

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

Morbidly A Beast:
Exactly! can you like write how to do the math given activity levels and what not, I was always questioning how that effected the math.

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

Morbidly A Beast:
Exactly! can you like write how to do the math given activity levels and what not, I was always questioning how that effected the math.

Arame:
Sure, I could! But not for you 😊

Ultimateaaron12:
I’ve been having a hard time trying to gain weight I’ve always been really skinny but have never tried to actively gain until now will my metabolism slow down as I push through and keep eating or should I wait until it slows naturally?

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

MottiF:
That’s a great calculation

Arame:
Your metabolism or BMR(Basal metabolic rate) is directly influenced by your lean body mass index(how much you weigh minus the body fat). The leaner you are, meaning less body fat you have, the higher your metabolism will be. To slow it down, you need to increase your body fat percentage. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories. So, to gain one pound of fat a week, you need to consume 500 calories above your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) aka maintenance calories per day to reach 3,500 calories in a 7 day span. Because 3,500 divided by 7 is 500.

By my calculations, you being a male at 5’11, 128lbs. Your BMR should be around 1,593. Assuming that you want to live a sedentary lifestyle, then your TDEE should be around 1,911 calories per day. So, to gain, you should be consuming 2,411 calories a day. Hopefully this helps

Morbidly A Beast:
Exactly! can you like write how to do the math given activity levels and what not, I was always questioning how that effected the math.

Arame:
Sure, I could! But not for you 😊